The Third Edition of Corrections: A Text/Reader provides students with the best of both worlds—a brief authored text accompanied by carefully selected and edited readings. Clear explanations of all of the major course topics help students understand the impact of new directions and policy in corrections. Policy-oriented original research articles demonstrate how research drives these advances. Designed throughout to enhance understanding, the book includes a helpful "How to Read a Research Article" section before the first reading, as well as article introductions, photographs, and discussion questions that capture students’ interest and help them develop their critical thinking skills.

New to the Third Edition

Nearly 75% of the journal articles have been updated to introduce students to current research on important topics such as racial and ethnic disparities in probation, influences on inmate misconduct, transgender prison inmates, and lethal injection protocol.

Updated and expanded coverage of ethical considerations, special populations, and the history of corrections provides students with the context for understanding policy decisions and their consequences, both past and present. New Sections on Ethics (Section IV) and the Death Penalty (Section XVI) offer students insights into key issues in corrections today.

More coverage on disparities in sentencing and drug courts encourages students to think critically about U.S. drug policies and their effectiveness.

Additional content on federal procedures and private prisons shows real examples of private prisons, their profit motives, and the effect they have on the correctional system.

The most current data, facts, statistics, and research are included throughout the book to provide students with insights into the world of corrections today.

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About the Authors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

SECTION I. The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections

Introduction: What Is Corrections?

From Arrest to Punishment

The Major Punishment Justifications

READING 1. The Goals of Corrections: Perspectives From the Line

READING 2. Broken Beyond Repair: Rehabilitative Penology and American Political Development

SECTION II. Correctional History: Ancient Times to Colonial Jails

Narrative of What Happened When Three Men Were First Placed in the Missouri State

Introduction: The Evolving Practice of Corrections

Themes: Truths That Underlie Correctional Practice

Early Punishments in Westernized Countries

Enlightenment—Paradigm Shift

Colonial Jails and Prisons

READING 3. An Historical Outline of the Penitentiary System

SECTION III. Correctional History: The 17th to 20th Centuries

Jim Crow Treatment in Prisons

Introduction: The Grand Reforms

Early Modern Prisons and the Pennsylvania and New York Models

Early Prisons and Jails Not Reformed

The Renewed Promise of Reform

Southern and Northern Prisons and the Contract and Lease Systems, and Industrial Prisons

Correctional Institutions or Warehouse Prisons?

Themes That Prevail in Correctional History

READING 4. “Much and Unfortunately Neglected”: Women in Early and Mid-Nineteenth-Century Prisons

SECTION IV. Ethics and Corrections

A Novice Bows to Subcultural Pressure

Introduction: To Do the Right Thing!

Defining Ethics: What Is Right (and Wrong)?

Ethical Foundation for Professional Practice

Why People Behave Unethically

How to Prevent Unethical Behavior and to Promote Ethical Work Practices

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